Reagan Outlaws Russia

By M.J. StepheyTuesday, Mar. 27, 2012

Lana Harris / AP

"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes," President Ronald Reagan joked during a sound check prior to a radio address to the nation in 1984 at the height of the Cold War. Unbeknownst to him, his comments were later leaked.